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From USA Today

Port Orange man unaware he was shot in head

PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) — A man who woke up and found his head bleeding, drove to work and left a note for his boss before going to the hospital to find he had a bullet lodged in his brain, authorities said.
When Glen Thomas Betterley, 53, noticed the blood Thursday morning he asked his girlfriend if she had struck him. Emma Lorene Larsen, 65, said no.

Betterley went to Halifax Medical Center emergency room where he learned he had been shot in the forehead.

While Betterley was being treated, police called Larsen and heard a single gunshot. When investigators arrived at the home, they found Larsen dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

January 1, 2006 -- My head hurts and this is my 1st post of 2006. Wearing your feelings on your sleeve is one thing, but a PETA staffer went at least one better by legally changing his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.
The former Chris Garnett, a youth outreach coordinator for the Norfolk-based animal-rights group, said his new name "never fails to spark a discussion" about what PETA alleges is the chicken chain's inhumane treatment of chicken.

January 1, 2006 -- My head hurts and this is my 1st post of 2006. Wearing your feelings on your sleeve is one thing, but a PETA staffer went at least one better by legally changing his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.
The former Chris Garnett, a youth outreach coordinator for the Norfolk-based animal-rights group, said his new name "never fails to spark a discussion" about what PETA alleges is the chicken chain's inhumane treatment of chicken.

‎"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY

Cat Calls 911 to Help Owner, Police Say

Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

Rosheisen said he couldn't get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupt his balance. He also wasn't wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.

Daugherty said police received a 911 call from Rosheisen's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check things out.

That's when Daugherty found Tommy next to the phone.

Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons — including a speed dial for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.

January 3, 2006 -- Residents of Normal, Ill., have started ducking their town's unusual name and saying they're from nearby Bloomington instead. "Maybe they just feel Bloomington is more recognizable, since it's the older and larger of the communities — or maybe they just don't want to put up with the jokes," said Mike Humphreys, an Illinois State University marketing professor. Mark Peterson, Normal's city manager, insists there are far worse names: "I came here from the Kansas City area — and lived near Peculiar, Mo." What are these people talking about? I live in Hicksville

January 4, 2006 -- Virgil Stewart is a wheely big jerk. Stewart, 52, who's missing part of his right leg, claimed he had his wheelchair stolen by thugs who then threw him against a fire hydrant. But cops in Canton, Ohio, said he was just trying to con a sympathetic public into giving him a new one. Already on probation for cocaine possession, Stewart said he pulled the con because his old wheelchair was "kind of broken down." At least now he'll have a comfy ride when he's wheeled off to jail.

January 5, 2006 -- A Florida soccer team of 11- to 13-year-old-girls got an eyeful on New Year's Eve at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Orlando when they checked in next to an X-rated swingers party. "My daughter asked me, 'Dad, why is that one woman with another man going upstairs?"' said Paul Camporini, a chaperone for the Clearwater Chargers. "And, 'Why is she again with another man going upstairs?' And I had to tell her."

January 6, 2006 -- Gray Line has launched the "Hurricane Katrina — America's Worst Catastrophe" bus tour of devastated sections of New Orleans. And at $35 per person, tickets are selling fast. But not everybody is enthusiastic. Clean-up volunteer Corrie Carton, 56, declared the tours "Disgusting, From the inside of a bus? It sounds ghoulish to me, looking at people grieving up close."

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January 6, 2006 -- Gray Line has launched the "Hurricane Katrina — America's Worst Catastrophe" bus tour of devastated sections of New Orleans. And at $35 per person, tickets are selling fast. But not everybody is enthusiastic. Clean-up volunteer Corrie Carton, 56, declared the tours "Disgusting, From the inside of a bus? It sounds ghoulish to me, looking at people grieving up close."

January 7, 2006 -- Police in Laurel, Neb., had no trouble finding Arlie Bichlmeier after he fled a local bank following a botched robbery attempt.
That's because witnesses noticed the unique vanity license plate on his pickup truck.

It read: "FINDME." The long arm of the law did, and now he's facing a long stretch in prison.

January 8, 2006 -- A man was busted for stealing diamond earrings from a fund-raiser after he tried to have them appraised at the Fargo, N.D., jewelry store that donated them. "It was goofy," store owner Brad Wimmer said. He recognized the $4,600 baubles, told the man to come back the next day, and had cops come by to make the bust

January 9, 2006 -- A bank robber was nailed after the teller who gave him a duffel bag stuffed with cash also tossed in a global positioning satellite device. The device used satellite signals to relay the location of the getaway minivan of Thomas Fricks, 38, in Spokane, Wash. "You guys are good!" a stunned Fricks told cops as they slapped the cuffs on him.